John Williams Walker (1783-1823)

Historical marker location:

12883 U.S. 231/431 North, Hazel Green, Alabama

( Marker is on U.S. 231/431, 1 mile south of Grimwood Road (County Road 100), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1966

The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, which was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat, was built in Mobile, Alabama in 1863.